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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5766 Introduced 3/7/2024, by Rep. Margaret Croke - Emanuel "Chris" Welch - Curtis J. Tarver, II - Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez - Ann M. Williams, et al. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Prohibits, until February 1, 2027, the Chicago Board of Education from closing any attendance center within the school district that has selective admission requirements that are approved by the Board. Prohibits, until February 1, 2027, the Board from changing the standards for admission to any attendance center within the school district that has selective admission requirements that are approved by the Board. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of the Code, the Board may not take any action, until February 1, 2027, that results in a decrease in either the total amount or percentage of funds allocated to an attendance center within the school district that has selective admission requirements that are approved by the Board. Effective immediately. |
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| | HB5766 | | LRB103 39867 JDS 70689 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 34-18.85 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.85 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 34-18.85. Selective enrollment schools; moratorium on |
| 8 | | closures, changes to standards of admission, and decreases in |
| 9 | | funding. |
| 10 | | (a) Until February 1, 2027, the Board may not close any |
| 11 | | attendance center within the school district that has |
| 12 | | selective admission requirements that are approved by the |
| 13 | | Board. |
| 14 | | (b) Until February 1, 2027, the Board may not change the |
| 15 | | standards for admission to any attendance center within the |
| 16 | | school district that has selective admission requirements that |
| 17 | | are approved by the Board. |
| 18 | | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the |
| 19 | | Board may not take any action, until February 1, 2027, that |
| 20 | | results in a decrease in either the total amount or percentage |
| 21 | | of funds allocated to an attendance center within the school |
| 22 | | district that has selective admission requirements that are |
| 23 | | approved by the Board.
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